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Campaign signs don’t say much. A candidate at your door might say a little more and hand you a flyer before knocking on the next door — if they happened to catch you at home. And as good as they are at communicating more detail about a candidate, newspaper profiles are still no substitute for an in-person meeting.
To help the public evaluate the candidates for City Commission, the Tribune will sponsor a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at Carpenter Auditorium on the Pratt Community College campus.
The forum will be the first for the newspaper in more than 20 years, a result of meetings with a group of community leaders who comprise the Tribune’s editorial board. The group feels the interest generated by recent and current commission races warrants a closer look at the candidates.
Jack Galle, himself an elected member of the USD 382 Board of Education, will be the moderator for the 90-minute forum, which will include an introduction, responsed to three prepared questions and then responses to a similar number of questions submitted by the audience. The same questions will be addressed to all of the candidates, so queries for individual candidates will not be considered.
The April 5 election will fill two open spots on the City Commission. Incumbents Willy Peltier and Mayor Bill Hlavachick are being challenged by Lucus Kumberg, former commissioner Karen Detwiler and newcomer Nelson Burrell.
Pratt voters who care about the outcome of the election and the direction the community will take over the next few years won’t want to miss this opportunity.
Campaign signs don’t say much. A candidate at your door might say a little more and hand you a flyer before knocking on the next door — if they happened to catch you at home. And as good as they are at communicating more detail about a candidate, newspaper profiles are still no substitute for an in-person meeting.
To help the public evaluate the candidates for City Commission, the Tribune will sponsor a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at Carpenter Auditorium on the Pratt Community College campus.
The forum will be the first for the newspaper in more than 20 years, a result of meetings with a group of community leaders who comprise the Tribune’s editorial board. The group feels the interest generated by recent and current commission races warrants a closer look at the candidates.
Jack Galle, himself an elected member of the USD 382 Board of Education, will be the moderator for the 90-minute forum, which will include an introduction, responsed to three prepared questions and then responses to a similar number of questions submitted by the audience. The same questions will be addressed to all of the candidates, so queries for individual candidates will not be considered.
The April 5 election will fill two open spots on the City Commission. Incumbents Willy Peltier and Mayor Bill Hlavachick are being challenged by Lucus Kumberg, former commissioner Karen Detwiler and newcomer Nelson Burrell.
Pratt voters who care about the outcome of the election and the direction the community will take over the next few years won’t want to miss this opportunity.
